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Committee releases bill to authorize natural organic reduction facilities amid industry debate
Summary
The Assembly Regulated Professions Committee released A4085, which would authorize and regulate natural organic reduction (NOR) facilities in New Jersey. Proponents called NOR an environmentally friendly alternative to cremation; cemetery representatives warned the bill could undercut cemetery funding and asked for statutory protections or partnership options.
The Assembly Regulated Professions Committee on the motion released Assembly Bill 4085, as amended, which would create a regulatory framework for natural organic reduction (NOR) facilities and fold oversight of the process into mortuary law.
Stacy McCormick of Earth Funeral told the committee that "natural organic reduction is a gentle, respectful, environmentally friendly alternative to cremation," describing a process that uses microbes in sealed vessels to convert a body into soil. McCormick said the process takes about a month, yields soil families can keep or donate for…
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